| VERVE BOOKS
SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER!

VERVE Books is a dynamic independent publisher of page-turning, diverse and original writing, based in the UK and led by a team of imaginative booklovers. Launched in 2018, our aim is to publish a wide range of compelling literature with a fresh and vital feel.

FORTHCOMING PRINT RELEASES

Laurie Petrou

Art, ambition and desire collide when a struggling academic becomes entangled in the marriage and creative life of her literary idol.

A. Rushby

A gripping gothic mystery that deepens across decades, All Her Beautiful Deaths is an exploration of classism and ownership in the art world, while beautifully portraying expressions of grief and love. Perfect for fans of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal with echoes of Daphne du Maurier.

Angela Flournoy

The Turner House brings us a colourful, complicated brood full of love and pride, sacrifice and unlikely inheritances. It's a striking examination of the price we pay for our dreams and futures, and the ways in which our families bring us home.

Divya Maniar

Blending biting social critique with an uncanny claustrophobia and the feverish pressure of 'influencer culture', After Care interrogates what happens behind the scenes of what we see on our screens and what that reflects back at us, the audience. It asks, in a world full of harm, is there any point in caring about anybody but yourself?

FORTHCOMING PRINT RELEASES

Previous Next

NEW AND FORTHCOMING EBOOK RELEASES

Available September 2026

A. Rushby

A gripping gothic mystery that deepens across decades, All Her Beautiful Deaths is an exploration of classism and ownership in the art world, while beautifully portraying expressions of grief and love. Perfect for fans of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal with echoes of Daphne du Maurier.

NEW AND FORTHCOMING EBOOK RELEASES

Previous Next

CURRENT NEW RELEASES

Lily Meyer
Told in three distinct voices, Short War brings together a rapturous teenage love story set in Chile, the hunt for the author of an eye-opening literary detective story and a complex reckoning with American political intervention in South America.
Laura Sims
From the highly acclaimed author of How Can I Help You comes a masterful domestic suspense novel that follows a 1960s housewife turned amateur photographer who begins to fear for her life when she notices the dark silhouette of a man in the background of her self-portraits.
Jenna Gordon and Demi Echezona and Dylin Hardcastle and Seth Insua and Elle Nash and James Cahill and Chloe Michelle Howarth and William Rayfet Hunter and Joshua Jones and Joelle Taylor and Gerardo Sámano Córdova and Santanu Bhattacharya
The inaugural collection in the new VERVE Voices series, Queerphoria is a joyful and defiant queer-authored anthology proudly supporting Switchboard, the national LGBTQIA+ support line.
Chloe Michelle Howarth
A creeping story of sapphic obsession with Gothic undertones and a delicious mid-century feel, from the acclaimed author of Sunburn.

CURRENT NEW RELEASES

Previous Next

BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS

Jenna Satterthwaite

Hi. My name is Julia. I'm a Synth. And I'm here to find love...

Julia Walden - a Synth - was designed for one reason: to compete on The Proposal and claim the heart of bachelor Josh LaSala. Her casting is controversial, but Julia seems to get her fairy-tale ending when Josh gets down on one knee.

Fast-forward fifteen months, and Julia and Josh are married and raising their baby in small-town Indiana. But with haters around every corner, Julia's life is a far cry from the domestic bliss she imagined. Then her splintering world shatters: Josh goes missing, and she becomes the prime suspect in his murder...

C. Michelle Lindley
A gripping, provocative, and sensual debut novel about an art historian who journeys to a Greek island in pursuit of a found sculpture and quickly finds herself immersed in a cultural tug-of-war and a complicated love affair.
Chloe Michelle Howarth

Sunburn is an astute and tender portrayal of first love, adolescent anxiety and the realities of growing up in a small town where tradition holds people tightly in its grasp.

Rosalie Knecht

Everyone's favourite sleuth - Vera Kelly - is back and put to the test as she searches for her missing girlfriend. In Vera Kelly Lost and Found, Rosalie Knecht gives Vera her highest-stakes case yet, as Vera quickly puts her private detective skills to good use and has to decide how much she is willing to commit to save the woman she loves.

BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS

Previous Next

VERVE BOOKS - NEWSLETTER

Our occasional newsletters will be packed full of information about our new and forthcoming titles, our authors, any exciting news relating to VERVE Books and of course any special offers that might be available on our titles!

INSTAGRAM

NEWS AND VIEWS

THE INSPIRATION BEHIND SHORT WAR BY LILY MEYER

Lily Meyer, author of SHORT WAR, talks inspiration behind her debut novel, US intervention and Latin American history.

Message from the editors of Queerphoria

Queerphoria is out in paperback and eBook, and we cannot stress enough how much of a pleasure it has been putting it together for you all. To see the incredible stories, essays, poems and reflections that have stemmed from such a broad brief all collated into one anthology has been so rewarding, creatively and personally.  

Most anticipated queer reads of 2026

Happy Pride Month! From the team and some of our queer VERVE authors, we're bringing you our most anticipated LGBTQIA reads for 2026. Buckle up and find the next book to add to your TBR.

What to read based on your holiday vibes

The holidays are just around the corner, so the VERVE team and some of our incredible authors have put together a list of books to take with you on your travels. Be they staycation or a trip across the globe, these books will keep you entertained no matter where you are.

NEWS AND VIEWS

Previous Next